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AAFM ® AMA Accredited Manaegment Accountant - Designation Curriculum

AMA ™ Accredited Management Accountant - Professional Program

AMA ™ Accredited Management Accountant

AMA AAFM ® Course Overview - Professional Development Program

The role of management accounting and controlling and costs is the single most important function in any company. Managing incoming funds and knowing the primary sources of these funds is very important for the modern-day management accountant and corporate controller. The ability to control, use and manipulate accounting and cash flow can have a dramatic effect on a company’s fortunes and can turn an organization from one that is surviving on a day-to-day basis to one that is highly profitable and reputable. This practical, highly interactive program will provide you with the necessary skills and techniques to successfully analyze and report the cost contribution to your company’s performance.

• Identify different ways to calculate costs and how best to determine your company’s profitability and

plan for future investments and expansion

• Supply cost information for use in pricing decision making

• Predict cost behavior by estimating costs

• Become a Certified Cost Controller awarded from the American Academy of Financial Management

Who Should Attend?

• Finance Managers/Directors

• Cash Flow Managers

• Accountants/Financial Assistants

• Budget Accountants/Officers/Analysts

• Accounts Managers

• Financial Controllers/Analysts/Planners

• Budgeting and Planning Managers/ Controllers

• Credit Managers

• Any finance professional who has an interest in controlling cash flow

Course Methodology

You will analyse case studies individually and in group discussion. Interactive discussions and debate are integral parts of the case study experience. Furthermore, you will benefit from the extensive experience of the expert course director, Dr. Sebastian Bombaci, as a practitioner and a training facilitator.

Benefits and Certification

The American Academy of Financial Management ® (AAFM) accredits this professional development program. A formal certification will be provided by the AAFM ® in recognition of successful completion of the course, along with the status as a member of the Academy. This course gains you credits from the recognized American Academy of Financial Management, AAFM. All participants will receive a AMA Accredited Management Accountant awarded by the AAFM. For those wishing to obtain certification, all five days must be completed with active participation in group and individual exercises during the course. The exact qualification will be Accredited Management Accountant with the post nominal AMA Accounting.

AAFM uses the case study method to develop program and to help students absorb key skills and knowledge. When you are presented with a case, you place yourselves in the role of the decision maker as you read through the situation and identify the problem you are faced with. You perform the required analysis – examining the causes and considering appropriate courses of actions to come to a set of recommendations.

Under an agreement with the Law School , graduates of qualified accredited programs may apply directly for certification. See LLM Program http://llmprogram.org/aafm.html

Under an agreement with the Business School Accreditation Agency, graduates of qualified accredited business degree courses, exams and programs may apply directly for certification review. See ACBSP Press Release

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The AAFM was chosen by Dubai Financial Market (DFM) to conduct the seven week professional training component of the Kafa’at programme for graduates entering the brokerage and trading industry in recent years. AAFM also has formed alliances with the Accreditation Council for Business School Programs, President of India's Official Advisors, Arab League’s Arab Academy, Egyptian Investment Management Association, Dubai International Finance Exchange, Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Authority Approved Training Programs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Nations Civil Society, Dubai Institute of Human Resource Development, the Ministry of Human Resources China Government, the Republic of China, Brazil Governmental Agencys, & approved training of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Dubai Quality Group and many more. AAFM partners with SCA